Remember Anything
From images to scientific markup,
Anki has got you covered.

Remember
AnywhereReview on Windows,
Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and any
device with a web browser.

Remember Efficiently
Only practice the material that you're about to forget.

About Anki

Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it's a lot more efficient than
traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase
the amount you learn.

Anyone who needs to remember things in their daily life can benefit from Anki. Since it is
content-agnostic and supports images, audio, videos and scientific markup (via LaTeX), the possibilities
are endless.
For example:

Learning a language

Studying for medical and law exams

Memorizing people's names and faces

Brushing up on geography

Mastering long poems

Even practicing guitar chords!

Features

SynchronizationUse the free AnkiWeb synchronization
service to keep your cards in sync across
multiple devices.

FlexibilityFrom card layout to review timing, Anki has
a wealth of options for you to customize.

Media-RichEmbed audio clips, images, videos and
scientific markup on your cards, with precise control
over how it's shown.

Optimized Anki will handle decks of 100,000+ cards
with no problems.

Fully Extensible There are a large number of add-ons
available.

Open SourceBecause the code and storage format is
open, your important data is safe.

"The single biggest change that Anki brings about is that it means memory is no longer a haphazard event, to be left to chance. Rather, it guarantees I will remember something, with minimal effort. That is, Anki makes memory a choice."

"I've been using Anki for two years now, and I just wanted to thank
you personally for contributing to the single most obvious improvement
in my quality of life. I'm not being hyperbolic: consistent use of
Anki has opened more doors for me intellectually than I could have
imagined two years ago. And being a poor student, I'll be forever
grateful that you've provided this software open-source and free of
charge."

Keldin, via email

Download Anki

Anki 2.0

Anki 2.0 is the previous stable release. It is no longer
being updated, and does not work well with high resolution
displays, but it currently has a larger selection of add-ons
available. Your card data is compatible between the two
versions.

Anki 2.1

Installation

Double-click on the installer to run it. Anki will be
installed to your
computer.

Double-click on the new Anki icon on your desktop to
start Anki.

If you receive the error "The application has failed
to start because the configuration is incorrect",
please install this
Microsoft library.

Upgrading

Upgrading is as simple as installing the new version over the
old version, and your data will be preserved.
Simply close Anki if it's currently running, then follow the
steps in the Installation section above.

Notes

Internet Explorer 9+, Windows 8+, and
Norton Antivirus users: these products may display
scary warning
messages when new Anki versions are released, because they
have not seen people previously downloading the new
version.
This "helpful" behaviour can be worked around:

Anki 2.0

Anki 2.0 is the previous stable release. It is no longer
being updated, and does not work well with high resolution
displays, but it currently has a larger selection of add-ons
available. Your card data is compatible between the two
versions.

Anki 2.1

Installation

Save the file to your desktop or downloads folder.

Open it, and drag Anki to your Applications folder or
desktop.

Upgrading

Upgrading is as simple as installing the new version over the
old version, and your data will be preserved.
Simply close Anki if it's currently running, then follow the
steps in the Installation section above.

Anki 2.0

Anki 2.0 is the previous stable release. It is no longer
being updated, and does not work well with high resolution
displays, but it currently has a larger selection of add-ons
available. Your card data is compatible between the two
versions.

Anki 2.1

Installation

Once downloaded, the following commands in a terminal
window will
install it system-wide. The $ is the prompt character, and
shouldn't
be typed in. Make sure what you're entering in matches the
file you downloaded.

Upgrading

If you were running Anki from a .deb/.rpm/etc in the past,
please make sure to remove the system version before installing
the package provided here.

If you're upgrading from a previous package, simply repeat
the installation steps to upgrade to the latest version. Your
user data will be preserved.

Notes

Some Linux distributions include Anki in their
repositories.
We've seen many users experience problems with these
distributed
versions, due to them being out of date or missing
appropriate
libraries. For this reason, the compiled package above is
recommended over using the version of Anki bundled with
your Linux
distribution.

Source code

If you wish to build Anki yourself, you will need to ensure you have the required
dependencies installed, and you may not be able to run from
source on the latest Linux distributions, as a number have
stopped shipping a library Anki depends on.

We are not able to provide any support for
issues you may encounter when running from source - if in
doubt please use the
compiled package instead.